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UNITED sraras aLroNso A. BANKS, or NEW Yoan, N Y.

TOY.

Application 1ed`Ju1y 13, 1920. Serial No. 396,038. l of To all whom itmay concern.

Be it known that I, ALFONSO A. BANKS,

citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented cer`- tain newand useful Improvements in rlloys, of which the following is aspecification.

rllhis invention relates to toys for children, and consists of amechanical device adapted to be manually operated in such a way vastoimpart action to a manikin or doll or other device made in simulation ofan animate object, which, when manually operatedwill perform amusing orgrotesque motions, after the order of jumping jacks, automatons and thelike, for the entertainment and amusement of children or other persons.The object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind that issimple and inexpensive'of construction, and which may be manufacturedand soldat a minimum price.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thespecification, in which similar characters refer to 'similar partsthroughout the several views: Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation ofthe device, the'` manikin being a front or face View, and the manuallyoperable parts beingjshowii in sec-r tion, taken on the line 1-1'of Fig.2. lFigure 2 is a sectional side elevation ofthe de vice, the manikinbeing va side view and the manually operated parts bein shown in sectiontaken on the line 2 2 Figure 1. Figure 3 is a view of one of the arms ofthe .manikiii.V Figure l is a view of one of the iegs, and Figure 5 isa. view ofthe crankshaft and cam, by which motion is imparted to themanikin. ,Y

In the drawings the body of the `manikin is indicated by numeral 10. vInthese drawings av dancing man is represented, but it is obvioustliat thetoy can be made in the" likeness of any class of persons or in the formof any animal without departing from the spirit vof this invention. Thebody of the manikin may be carved or turned of wood, or it may bemoulded from pulp or other plastic substance into desired form. It maybe plain in color or it may be painted any desired color. The limbs arethen movably attached. In this device the arm or the leg indicated bynumeral 11 may be just alike, or they may be made in pairs right andleft, and they may be formed of wood, cardboard, metal or any desiredmaterial.

and by the most convenient process, as

ing, stamping, stenCilling, mouldingfrom plastic substance, etc. Thebody of the figure may bek colored a desired color. At the upper portionof the leg a slot 11a isprovided for connecting the leg to the body, as

shown in Figures 1 and 2 where parallel grooves 12 and'13 are shown toadmittlie leg., Each leg isinsertedin one of these grooves and isAsecured therein by any preferred means as a nail, a screw or a pin ofany'kind, .as 12a and'la, indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, Vand13a.l being shown in `solid lines in Figure 2. These pins are seated asuitable space below the upper extreme limit of groove soas to providefor avertical movement of the leg, which is provided for by the 4slotthrough the leg, through which the pin is passed for retaining the Alegmovably in the groove. This admits of a swinging move-ment of the leg,Valso the vertical reciprocating movement which will presently be furtherexplained.

The numeral 14 indicates the arms of the figure, which may be both alikeor made in pairs, right and left. They may be made of any preferredmaterial, and by. any preferred process, and they may be plain orpainted vany desired color. At the shoulder a slot is provided forConnecting the arms movably to the body 4ofthe figure! Supports 141 areprovided for securing the arms in position. These supports 'may benails, screws, or apiii of any preferred forni. They are passed throughthe slotted opening at the shoulder-whereby the arms" are held inswinging relation to the body, and at the same time may move in areciprocating movement a'distance as great as the length of the slots,the direction of the movement varying in accordance with the positionthe arms may be in when motion is imparted through the operation of thedevice to causethem to move in the manner described upon the supports orpins.

As a means for supporting the iigure I providea pedestal or base 15,which in the drawings is shown as a frame structure having sides 16, 17,18 and 19, the baseplate v2O, and the top pla-te 21. This support may beconstructed o-f any preferred material and in any desired form. It mightbe made in the similitude of a platform, stage or pulpit, and a numberof figures mightbe supported thereon, and a plurality of cams disposedupon the shaft whereby each of the gdles might be operated orcontrolled, so

as to perform motions, gestures or mali'e other movements.

In the sides of the platform 16 and 17 bearings are provided for acrank-shaft as 22 and 23. A shaft 24 is disposed in the bearings.Cranlrs 25 and 26 are provided at opposite ends of this shaft. A cammember 27 is held upon the crankshaft in such a. manner as to rotatetherewith. This may be provided for by flattening the shaft as at 28 anddisposing it thro-ugh a slotted opening in the cam as shown in Figures land 2. The cam member 27 is made with an irregular cam surface, havingthe depressions 27a, 27h, 27c and 27d, andthe differentially extendingportions 27e, 27, 27g and 27h. In the top-plate 21 a bearing is providedas 2 1, through which the vertical rod 29 to serve as a support for thefigure, is disposed. This rod or support 29 at its lower end isconnected with a` block or shoe member as 30, having the rounded nose orshoe portion 31, which is adapted to rest upon the cam member 27. Thebody IO is adapted for being supported upon the upper end of the rod orsupport 29, said body having a recess 32 extending verticallytherethrough at the longitudinal center thereof indicated in dottedlines in Figures l and 2. This recess 32 is large enough to looselyretain the upper end of the rod or support 29 at its upper extremity,and is funnel-shaped or slightly conical, gradually increasing indiameter from the upper extremity to the base of the ligure. When the.i'iguie is disposed upon the support 29 it will be balanced upon theupper end of the support, but when any impulse or movement is impartedto the rod 29 it will sway or swing upon the said support, or it maymove up and down vertically thereon so as to admit of a variety ofmovements by the body of the figure. The funnel-shaped form of therecess 32, the same being larger at the bottom as will be seen, admitsof a swinging or swaying movement of the lower portion of the body ofthe figure which corresponds with the hips of a person, so that when therod is moved by the cam the rapid reciprocating vertical movementsthereof causes the ligure to move suddenly upwardly and downwardly, andto sway backwards and forwards and from side to side. This movement ofthe trunk or body of the figure imparts similar movements to the limbs,or the arms and legs hereinbefore described, which move upwards anddownwards on their respective supports, and swing baelrwards andforwards thereon presenting amusing or comical attitudes highlyentertaining to children.

While I have described the specific form of my device in the drawings, Ido not wish to limit myself thereto, but reserve the right to departtherefrom within the reasonable scope and object of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,

whatI claim as patentable therein and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United Sta-tes is:

In a toy, a ligure representation of an animate` object, comprising abody and swingingly mounted limbs, said body having a conical recessextending vertically and centrally therein, a pedestal for the toy, avertical standard rcciprocally held in the pedestal and having its upperend bearing against the apex of said conical recess whereby the body mayoscillate and rotate on said standard, and be moved upwardly thereby,and a manually operable canimeans for lifting said standard.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, this 16th day of June A. D. 1920.

ALFONSO A. BANKS.

